# HRSA Made COVID-19 Uninsured Program Payments to Providers on Behalf of Individuals Who Had Health Insurance Coverage and for Services Unrelated to COVID-19
> **Audit** by Department of Health & Human Services OIG · 2023-07-13
> *About: Department of Health & Human Services*
## Report
- **Title:** HRSA Made COVID-19 Uninsured Program Payments to Providers on Behalf of Individuals Who Had Health Insurance Coverage and for Services Unrelated to COVID-19
- **Submitting OIG:** Department of Health & Human Services OIG
- **Component agency:** Department of Health & Human Services
- **Type:** Audit
- **Publication date:** 2023-07-13

## Recommendations

- **Rec 23-A-02-088.01** (Open): We recommend that HRSA recover the $294,294 in improper UIP payments identified in our sample.
- **Rec 23-A-02-088.02** (Open): We recommend that HRSA identify additional improper UIP payments for services provided to insured individuals or services unrelated to COVID-19, which we estimate to be $783.6 million, and take remedial action.
- **Rec 23-A-02-088.03** (Open): We recommend that HRSA commit to strengthening its procedures that may apply to future programs of a similar nature to expand insurance verifications using additional data fields on each patient for whom an SSN is not submitted as part of a prepayment…
## Source
- [oversight.gov report page](https://www.oversight.gov/reports/audit/hrsa-made-covid-19-uninsured-program-payments-providers-behalf-individuals-who-had)
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